Robert James Bradford
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
from boxted archive
Object Number - UPL 26463
Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) dive bombing mission to Bonn, Germany. Letting down over Bonn in P-47D 42-75670, hit by flak, hit by further ground fire attempting to egress at low level crashed at Liblar, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10291.
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 353rd Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group 351st Fighter Squadron 63rd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Dallas, TX, USA | 25 April 1941 | |
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Other Crashed |
Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, 9430 Jackie Cochran Dr, Baton Rouge, LA 70811, USA | 5 April 1942 | Take Off Mid Air Collision Harding Field, LA Cat 3 damage 2Lt Robert J Bradford, 5-Apr-42. P-40G 42-14267 - 57PS 54PG. |
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Other Crashed |
Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport, 6000 Airport Cir, Sarasota, FL 34243, USA | 2 September 1943 | Take Off Accident Ground Loop Sarasota AAF, FL Cat 4 damage 2Lt Robert J Bradford, 2-Sep-43. RA-29 41-23397 - 98FS 337FG. |
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Based |
Boxted | 20 September 1944 - 20 November 1944 | Assigned to 63FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died |
Liblar, 50374 Erftstadt, Germany | 20 November 1944 | Letting down over Bonn, hit by flak, hit by further ground fire attempting to egress at low level crashed at Liblar, Germany. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 10291 |
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Buried |
21 February 1948 | Re-Interred Un-Identified Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial | |
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Born |
Dallas County, TX, USA | ||
| Dallam County, TX, USA | |||
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Buried |
Identified Re-Interred Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Neuville-en-Condroz Arrondissement de Liège Liège, Belgium | ||
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Buried |
Liblar, 50374 Erftstadt, Germany | Interred Liblar Cemetery |
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http://www.honorstates.org/index.php?id=113067
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http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbapi.asp?Pilot=Bradford%2C+Robe…
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56357238
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10291 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
